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Maryland History Day 2018 Registration and Event Information
Saturday, April 28, 2018 University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Maryland History Day is a program of Maryland Humanities
Visit us at www.mdhumanities.org
A Special Thanks to Our Regional Partners:
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Allegany County Public Schools, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, Community College of Baltimore County, Caroline County Public Schools, Carroll County Public Schools, Charles County Public Schools, Calvert County Public Schools, C. Burr Artz Public Library, Garrett County Public Schools, Galena Elementary School, Harford Coun-ty Public Schools, Howard County Public School System, Montgomery History, Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Queen Anne’s County Public Schools, Salisbury University, Somerset County Public Schools, Washington County Public Schools, Wicomico County Public Schools, Worcester County Public Schools
By participating in this event, you consent to having your image or voice record-ed for informational or publicity purposes. If, however, you object to having your image or voice recorded for any such potential use, you must affirmatively in-form the organizers, who will make every effort to honor your wishes.
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Contents
2. State History Day Checklist 3. Tentative State Contest Schedule 4. Directions 4. Parking and Drop-Off 5. Campus Map 6. Deadlines and Schedules 7. Exhibits 8. Performances 9. Documentaries
10. Websites 11. Papers 12. Credits for Visual Sources 13. Process Papers , Annotated Bibliog-raphies, Word Counts 14. Awards Ceremony 15. Frequently Asked Questions 16. Registration Instructions and Contest Policies
REGISTER Visit https://md.nhd.org to
register online by March 27.
For group projects, each member of the group must complete online reg-istration.
Paper category projects submitted electronically by March 27.
Websites locked on March 27.
Documentaries submitted by April 18 (instructions at https://bit.ly/2H25cOA)
PREPARE Review the rules for your
category in the NHD rule book www.nhd.org/rules
See guidelines for the An-notated Bibliography
www.nhd.org/annotated-bibliography
COMPETE A tentative judging sched-
ule will be posted at www.marylandhistoryday.org on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Check this schedule for errors or omissions.
The final schedule will be posted on Friday, April 20, 2018. Check the updated schedule for changes.
See you at Maryland History Day on Saturday, April 28, 2018!
Questions? Visit our website: www.marylandhistoryday.org or contact [email protected]
or [email protected] or call 410-685-0095.
Get Ready for Maryland History Day!
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Tentative Event Schedule: Saturday, April 28, 2018
TIME EVENT LOCATION
8:00—11:30 a.m. Registration University Center, First Floor Lobby
9:00 a.m. First-Round Judging Begins
Exhibits: University Center, Third Floor Ballroom
Performances: Math/Psychology Documentaries:
Physics, Public Policy, IT/Engineering
Papers: Sherman Websites: Sondheim
12:00—2:00 p.m. Lunch University Commons/ Off-Campus
Approx. 12:00 —1:30 p.m.
Exhibits open for public viewing
University Center, Third Floor Ballroom
Approx. 1:00 p.m. (Pending completion of first-round judging)
Second-Round Judging for Documentary and Performance Posted
University Center, First Floor Lobby
Approx. 1:30 p.m.
Second-Round Performance and Documen-tary Judging Begins
Specific Rooms TBD
3:45 p.m. Awards Ceremony: Presentation of Teacher Awards, First and Second Place Medals, Special Prizes
Retriever Activities Center (RAC)
5:30 p.m. All exhibit projects should be removed
University Center, Third Floor Ballroom
What is Maryland History Day? Maryland History Day is a program of Maryland Humanities and is the state affiliate of Nation-al History Day, Inc. The program engages more than 27,000 middle and high school students annually from public, private, parochial, and home schools from all regions of the state. In addition to providing an in-depth research experience for students, History Day supports teachers with guidance in project-based learning through professional development and classroom outreach.
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Directions
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is located 15 minutes from Baltimore’s Inner Har-bor, 45 minutes from Washington, D.C. and four miles from BWI Airport. The campus address is 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250.
From the north: Take Interstate 95 to Route 166 (Exit 47B, Catonsville) or take Interstate 83 to the Baltimore Beltway (I-695, west) and then take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue, west); follow the signs to UMBC.
From the south: Take Interstate 95 to Route 166 (Exit 47B, Catonsville); follow signs to UMBC. Visit UMBC’s Directions Website: http://about.umbc.edu/visitors-guide/directions/
Parking Parking is available anywhere on Hilltop Circle (loop road around UMBC), in the Administration Drive Park-ing Garage (bottom floor), in the Commons Drive Parking Garage, and in Parking Lots 1, 3, 4 (turn on Com-mons Drive and then onto Park Road). Parking at UMBC is FREE on the weekends.
Participant and Performance Prop/Exhibit Drop-Off Administration Drive, which is accessible from Hilltop Circle, is next to the Retriever Activities Center (RAC). This drop-off point is a short walk to the University Center building where exhibits will be displayed and to the Math/Psychology building for performances. Alternatively, there is a service lane between Sherman Hall and the IT/Engineering Building which provides access to the rear entrance of University Center on the third floor.
Drop Off
Drop Off
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History Day Awards Ceremony Retriever Activities Center
History Day Judging Physics Building Public Policy Building
Places to Eat and Play The Commons
History Day Judging University Center Math/Psych Bldg Sherman Hall Sondheim Hall IT/Engineering Bldg
History Day Student Registration University Center, 1st Floor
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Registration Deadline for Maryland History Day
All students must register online at https://md.nhd.org. Registration must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27. If you have questions about the registration process, please email Anna Keneda at [email protected]
Student Judging Schedule A tentative schedule with judging times for each project will be posted on Tuesday, April 17 at www.marylandhistoryday.org. Please check this schedule carefully for spelling errors or omissions. Contact Anna Keneda at [email protected] or (410) 685-0452 with any problems no later than 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 20. An updated schedule will be posted on Friday, April 20.
Event Check-In: 8:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. Go to the Registration table on the first floor of the University Center building. Each student must pick up a student packet, which will list your name, entry number, judging location and time and will contain other contest materials.
Follow Us on Social Media History Day staff will post event updates, finalists, and results on social media:
Twitter and Facebook @MDHistoryDay
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Exhibit Category Notes
Location: University Center, Third Floor Ballroom
Arrival: Allow plenty of time to park and carry your exhibit to University Center.
In the event of rain, be sure to bring something to cover your materials when carrying them to the building where your judging takes place.
Go to the Registration table in University Center, first floor lobby, and pick up your packet, which will list your name, entry number, judging location and time, and will contain other contest materials.
Set-Up: All exhibits will be displayed in the University Center Ballroom on the third floor and must be set up by
9:00 a.m. (Students traveling from the longest distances will be scheduled at a later judging time and may set up by 10:00 a.m., but please do so quietly since interviews will be taking place.)
Place your exhibit on the table where your entry number is displayed. Leave 4 copies of your title page/process paper/annotated bibliography in front of the exhibit—3 for judg-
es reviewing the project in the first round and a 4th copy to remain with the exhibit for review by judges in the second round of judging. You may want to bring a 5th copy as a backup. There will be no access to printers on campus.
Students who need power for their exhibit must bring an extension cord. Students must set up exhibits by themselves, without assistance from parents or teachers. Exhibit judging is in 15-minute intervals, and students will be called into the Ballroom 10 to 15 minutes
before their judging time.
Public Viewing of Exhibits: Exhibit judging is not open to the public while judges are in the Ballroom. The exhibit room will be open for
public viewing from approximately 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. Although room monitors will be in the exhibit area during the competition, staff or volunteers should not
be asked to hold or safeguard particular items at any time because they may need to leave before you re-turn.
If you leave equipment, artifacts, or other valuable items at your exhibit, you must take responsibility for their security when the exhibit room is open to the public. We recommend that you, a teacher, or a parent arrange to be present during the public viewing period.
Second-Round Judging (Runoffs): After the first round of judging is complete, judges will select their top entries to move on to a second
round of competition that takes place between approximately 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Exhibits must remain in the Ballroom until second-round judging is complete. There are no interviews during runoffs, and judges review the exhibits without students present.
Removal of Exhibits: Students may not remove their exhibits until second-round judging is completed. Once judges have vacat-
ed the room, exhibits may be taken down and removed (tentatively 3:00 p.m.) or stay in place until after the awards ceremony.
All exhibits must be removed from University Center after the awards ceremony or they will be discarded. Please make arrangements with your school or other students to take your exhibit if you need to leave. before exhibits are available for pick up. Maryland History Day will not be responsible for any exhibits that
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Performance Category Notes
Location: Math/Psychology Arrival: Go to the Registration table in University Center, first floor lobby, and pick up your pack-
et, which will list your name, entry number, judging location and time, and will contain other contest materials.
Allow plenty of time to carry your props and other materials to the Math/Psych building and to find the room where you will be judged.
In the event of rain, be sure to bring something to cover your materials when carrying them to the building where your judging takes place.
Set Up: Performances will be presented in classrooms and not in a theatre setting with a stage.
There will not be technology available in performance rooms, so if you need a laptop, pro-jector, screen, or other technology, you must bring your own equipment, along with an extension cord. Chairs and/or tables are available in some, but not all rooms, so students should bring their own as a backup if they are needed for the performance.
Bring 4 copies of your title page/process paper/annotated bibliography—3 to give each of the judges and a 4th copy in case the project advances to the second round of judging and the runoff judges need to see the materials. You may want to bring a 5th copy as a back-up. There will be no access to printers on campus.
Students must set up their sets or props without assistance from parents or teachers. Performance judging is in 20-minute intervals. Performance judging in both the first and second rounds is open to the public. Audience
members should turn their cell phones to silent and should enter or exit a room only be-tween presentations.
Second-Round Judging (Runoffs): Performance category students must stay at the contest at least until the names of per-
formance projects advancing to runoffs are posted, at approximately 1:00 p.m., first floor lobby, University Center.
Students in performances runoffs must be present to give the performance to second-round judges.
After second-round projects are posted, selected students should proceed immediately to the room designated for their runoff judging.
Second round judging takes place approximately between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. There are no interviews in runoffs.
Performance runoffs are open to the public.
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Documentary Category Notes
Location: Public Policy, Physics, IT/Engineering. Arrival: Go to the Registration table in University Center, first floor lobby, and pick up your pack-
et, which will list your name, entry number, judging location and time, and will contain other contest materials.
Set Up Students must submit their documentaries following the instructions on http://bit.ly/
mhd-documentary-submission BEFORE APRIL 18, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. NO FURTHER CHANGES WILL BE PERMITTED.
Bring with you to the contest a copy of your documentary saved to a flashdrive as a backup.
The file should be able to play on a Windows PC. Students may also screen their projects from a laptop, but computers/laptops will not be
provided by UMBC or History Day for the documentary category. Students with Macs should bring their own PC converter cables to connect to the projec-
tor. If there are any concerns about compatibility problems, we recommend bringing your own laptop.
Documentary rooms will be equipped with a variety of equipment: Overhead audio and projection system
VGA connection for projection system (computers are not provided in all of the rooms)
Bring 4 copies of your title page/process paper/annotated bibliography—3 to give each of the judges and a 4th copy in case the project advances to the second round of judging and the runoff judges need to see the materials. You may want to bring a 5th copy as a backup. There will be no access to printers on campus.
Documentary judging is in 20-minute intervals. Documentary judging in both the first and second rounds is open to the public. Audience
members should turn their cell phones to silent and should enter or exit a room only be-tween presentations.
Second-Round Judging (Runoffs): Documentary category students must stay at the contest at least until the names of docu-
mentary projects advancing to runoffs are posted, at approximately 1:00 p.m., first floor lobby, University Center.
Students in documentary runoffs must be present to operate equipment to screen the documentary to second-round judges.
After second-round projects are posted, selected students should proceed immediately to the room designated for their runoff judging.
Second round judging takes place approximately between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. There are no interviews in runoffs.
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Website Category Notes
Location: Sondheim. Arrival: Go to the Registration table in University Center, first floor lobby, and pick up your pack-
et, which will list your name, entry number, judging location and time, and will contain other contest materials.
Website Editor Lockout: Website students will be LOCKED OUT of editing their site at 11:59 p.m. on March 27,
2018 so that judges can review the final websites with stable content before the state contest.
Set Up: Computers will not be available in most of the rooms where website judging takes place.
We have asked each judging team to bring a laptop, but there is no guarantee that a com-puter will be in every website room.
Students may bring their own laptops to plug into the projector in the judging rooms,, but the system is not equipped to handle Macs—students should either bring PCs only or pro-vide their own adapter cables. Students are not required to bring a laptop.
Since judges have already reviewed each website, process paper, and annotated bibliog-raphy before the contest, they do not need to see the entire website during judging. The primary purpose of the interview period will be to ask you questions about your research and for you to explain anything you would like to cover.
There is free internet access throughout the UMBC campus. The wireless network is UMBC Guest.
Website interviews are in 15-minute intervals and are open to the public Students do not need to bring copies of their process paper or annotated bibliography.
These materials must be included on the website. .
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Paper Category Notes
Location: Sherman Arrival: Go to the Registration table in University Center, first floor lobby, and pick up your packet,
which will list your name, entry number, judging location and time, and will contain other contest materials.
What to Bring: Projects in the paper category must be submitted electronically by March 27 as a part of
online registration. Paper judges receive and read papers before the Maryland History Day state contest. Bring a copy of your paper and annotated bibliography with you for personal reference,
but you do not need to bring copies to give to judges. There will be no access to printers on campus.
Judging: Paper students are interviewed in 15-minute intervals. Interviews are not open to the public.
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Websites and Exhibits: Credits Required for Visual Sources
All visual sources (e.g., photographs, paintings, charts, graphs, etc.) must be credited on the exhibit and website and fully cited in the annotated bibliography.
See the NHD rule book: VI. Individual Category Rules—B. Exhibit, Rule B4, pages 24-25 and E. Website , Rule E5, pages 33 and 35 Keep in mind that a credit will be much briefer than a full citation. For example: The credit below includes the organization where this picture can be found (Library of Congress), but does NOT in-clude the details that are part of the bibliographic citation. Students may consider including these credits in a smaller font, below the image, similar to how a credit appears in a book. These brief credits do NOT count toward the student-composed word count., but a student-written caption does.
Susie King Taylor, 1902, Library of Congress. Susie King Taylor was the first African-American woman to serve as a nurse in the U.S. Army.
A brief, factual credit is required and does not count toward the 500-word limit. A student-written caption does count to-ward the 500 word limit.
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Process Papers, Annotated Bibliographies, Project Word Counts
All materials must be printed on plain white paper and stapled in the upper left-hand corner. No fold-ers or covers! Bring at least 4 copies of your process paper when you are judged. Print and staple your papers BEFORE coming to the event as there is no access to printers on campus.
1. TITLE PAGE Title of Project
Student Name(s)
Division and Category
Word Count
Exhibit: Number of student-composed words in exhibit and number of words in process paper
Paper: Number of words in text of paper (both student-composed and quoted material)
Website: Number of student-composed words in the web-site (list this information on your homepage)
Performance and Documentary: Number of words in pro-cess paper
2. PROCESS PAPER (500 WORDS)
How did you choose your topic? How did you conduct your research? Where did you go for your research? What types of
sources did you use? How did you select your presentation category and how did you create your project? How does your topic relate to the theme? Why is this topic important in history?
3. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Separate into primary and secondary sources and alphabetize Use MLA or Turabian style guide for your citations
4. WORD COUNT
Exhibit Word Count No more than 500 student-
composed words
Website Word Count No more than 1,200 student-composed
words
Research Paper Word Count Between 1,200-2,500 words
The Exhibit word count only ap-plies to student-composed text. Not the process paper or quoted material. More Info: Rule B2 on page 23 and Figures 5 and 6 on page 25 of the NHD Rule Book
The Website word count applies only to student-composed text. The word count does not include quoted material; code used to build the site; alternate text tags; words found in materials used for identifying illustrations or used to briefly credit the sources of illustrations or quotations; recurring menus, titles, and navigation instructions; words within primary documents and artifacts; and the annotated bibliography and process paper. More Info: Rule E2 on page 31 of the NHD Rule Book
Each word or number in the text of a Research Paper counts as one word. The word limit does not apply to notes, annotated bibliography, illustration captions, and supplemental/appendix material. More Info: Rule A1 on page 20 of the NHD Rule Book.
(Sample process paper title page for exhibit category)
The British Reaction to the
American Revolution
Jane Smith and John Doe Junior Division Group Exhibit
498 student composed words
Process Paper: 450 words
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Awards Ceremony
Location: The awards ceremony will begin at 3:45 p.m. in the Retriever Activities Center (RAC). The ceremony includes welcomes, teacher awards, presentation of medals to first and second place winners, and presentation of special prize awards. Posting of Final Results Complete results, including medalists and special award winners, will be posted at www.marylandhistoryday.org on Monday afternoon, April 30, 2018. Judge Evaluations Evaluation forms with judges’ comments will be collected, sorted and returned to teachers via email within two weeks of the event. Teachers will share the comments with their students. National Contest Eligibility The first and second–place award winners in each category are eligible to advance to the Na-tional History Day competition at the University of Maryland, College Park., June 10-14, 2018. At the state contest awards ceremony, students who qualify for the National History Day con-test will receive a packet of information concerning NHD registration (deadline May 16) . Clean Up TAKE-DOWN REMINDER! Exhibits, props, and media equipment may be removed before or following the awards ceremony. Any lost-and-found questions should be directed to UMBC Lost and Found at (410)455-1000 or the Maryland History Day office at (410) 685-0452.
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How many students will be at the contest? Between 600 and 700 students, representing about 450 entries from across Maryland What if I have a scheduling conflict? Send your specific concerns to [email protected] Who are the judges? History Day judges are educators, museum profes-sionals, librarians, specialists in History Day catego-ries, and a variety of other volunteers who love his-tory and supporting the work of students. What should I wear? There is no required dress code for Maryland History Day. Students should wear neat attire and not wear clothing that identifies what school or county/city they are from (school uniforms, etc.) to avoid bias on the part of judges. Remember: According to History Day rules, costumes are permitted only in perfor-mances. Where can I eat? Several restaurants in the University Commons will be open throughout the event. What should I do when my judging time is over? Students should bring games, music, or homework to Maryland History Day. Students and parents can also watch the judging of documentaries, performances, and websites, which are open to the public. There is a game room on the third floor of the University Commons, and there will be a campus tour starting at noon from the third floor of University Center. May we leave and come back for the awards cere-mony? Yes. You may leave and return to campus after your first-round interview. Performance and Documentary students must stay until the 1:00 p.m. posting for second-round judging to determine whether they need to give their presentation in the second round.
Do I have to be present for the second-round (runoffs)? If selected for runoffs, Performance and Documen-tary students must be present. Students in other cat-egories do not have to be present for second-round judging. Why does the contest take so long? We know it can seem like a long wait from your interview to the awards ceremony. Behind the scenes judges are conducting second-round reviews and making the final selection of winners, and staff are working hard to compile results to announce at the ceremony. Do I need to be at the awards ceremony to win? Students do not need to be present to receive their award. If a student is unable to be present, a teacher may pick up the award, or Maryland History Day will mail it to the student. Final results will be posted on our website by Monday afternoon, April 30. Why is the awards ceremony so long? We have a lot of people to honor! We will be pre-senting more than 75 teacher awards to teachers and students. What if my question isn’t listed here? The Maryland History Day staff is ready to help! Email [email protected] or [email protected].
Frequently Asked Questions about Maryland History Day
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HOW TO REGISTER 2018 Maryland History Day
REGISTRATION GUIDELINES
All students must complete online registration at https://md.nhd.org by Tuesday, March 27 at 11:59 p.m. Please make sure that all information submitted through the information form is accurate and complete. All members of a group must register even if they are unable to attend the state contest. Once a group competes at the district/county level of competition, they may not change or add group members. Website Entries: Website students should publish their websites regularly to make sure the most recent version of the website is published to the Internet. Website students are locked out of editing their website on March 27 to give judges enough time to review websites in advance of the competition. During the registration process please provide your NHD Weebly ID to link your site to your registration information. Paper Entries: Research Papers MUST be submitted during the online registration process. You will be asked to upload your title page, paper, and annotated bibliography as one document (PDF or Word). Documentary Entries - Documentaries MUST be submitted following the instructions on http://bit.ly/mhd-documentary-submission. REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR DOCUMENTARY BEFORE APRIL 18, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. NO FURTHER CHANGES WILL BE PERMITTED.
NHD CONTEST AGREEMENTS AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY
By completing and submitting this registration form, I acknowledge that I have read, understand, and agree to the terms and conditions outlined herein as a condition of participation in National History Day. I understand that I am not obligated in any way to make such agreement, except as a prerequisite to participation in this program.
By completing and submitting this registration form, I agree to indemnify and hold harmless Maryland Humanities, National History Day, Inc., and its staff, trustees, and sponsors, for any personal injuries or property damages arising out of participation in the Maryland History Day Contest.
I also understand that by agreeing, I am certifying that I and/or my child/legal ward understand(s) what is involved in participation; that I and/or my child/legal ward freely and voluntarily participate and hereby agree to assume and accept any and all risks associated with participation in the Maryland History Day Contest. I understand that my child/legal ward and I will be given a survey to evaluate our experience with Maryland History Day. Any data collected in this will remain anonymous and will be used to improve the Maryland History Day program and communicate the value of Maryland History Day to key stakeholders.
I affirm that the entry submitted for competition was researched and developed during this school year. I have read the National History Day rules and policies governing student behavior and will conform to these rules. I understand that violation of these rules may result in the disqualification of my entry. I accept the decision of the judges as final. I have reviewed and understand the information presented above, and acknowledge that my participation in National History Day is conditioned on my agreement with the terms and conditions outlined herein and that I am not obligated in any way to make such agreement, except as a prerequisite to my participation in this program.
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